Webinars

Join Professor Sue Lenthall for a look at organisational interventions to reduce the stress and challenges experienced by RANs.

Presenter Kaye Dyson is a practicing Lactation Consultant with many years of experience.
The webinar will include
1. Intro to why breast feeding (BF) is important, linking to this year’s theme of “BF is good for the environment”
2. The rural and remote context on BF
3. Where can rural and remote clinicians and women get advice and support.

The Safer Baby Bundle is a collection of change ideas or interventions designed to reduce late pregnancy stillbirth. This masterclass summarises the 5 bundle elements, highlights key evidence related to the Safer Baby Bundle and discusses basic principles for implementation.

Di Thornton is an Endorsed Nurse Practitioner who works with the Mallee Border Health Centre. Di provides NP led health services to several small-town communities on either side of the Vic/SA border, travelling to different locations with her team each day as part of her practice. Prepare to be inspired by her unique perspective on remote nursing practice.

World Hearing Day was the 3rd March 2021 and CRANAplus has invited Debra Smith from Hearing Services Outreach in the Top End to discuss some important areas surrounding ear health!
During Debra’s presentation she will be discussing hearing services outreach team work and what they do, along with what is ear disease and how to diagnose it.

Judith Burke is an experienced Nurse and Midwife who has spent many years working in both rural and remote settings across the Northern Territory.

Judith will be sharing the challenges and rewards in her role as Women’s & Maternal Health Coordinator for Katherine West Health Board (KWHB) – an Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisation providing preventative, clinical and emergency primary health care in the Northern Territory, South West of Katherine.

Professor Marion Saville AM will be discussing the importance of cervical screening, specifically relating to the rural and remote health professional workforce and the important roles they play in the elimination of cervical cancer in Australia.

Wheatbelt Mens Health Inc. is a not for profit organisation formed to raise awareness of men’s wellbeing across the whole of regional, rural and remote WA. Since July 2010 WMH has been delivering The Regional Men’s Health Initiative. The Regional Men’s Health Initiative is made up of a team of people who are passionate about raising awareness of men’s health and wellbeing in regional, rural and remote communities throughout Western Australia. They are not a health organisation, rather, they act as a bridge of support and education to men, local communities and health services. They engage with men on their terms and go to where the blokes are.

This presentation by Coralie Cross (credentialled diabetic educator and RN) will speak about the ever changing daily, non-routine of working in rural health!
This will include talking about the distance to unusual locations; meeting interesting and unique characters; being chased by a flock of geese; to the joys and the challenges of clinical practice in a rural role.
This presentation will also touch on the statistics of diabetes and the importance of specialist input in care planning and management.

In the first webinar of NT PHN’s Rural and Remote Nursing and Midwifery Webinar Series, a panel of rural and remote nurses and midwives discuss the key influences on their decisions to go rural or remote.

This webinar will be presented by Meg Scolyer from OneDisease.

One Disease is a non-government, not-for-profit organisation that aims to systematically eliminate Crusted Scabies from Australia using a strategy that combines strong partnerships, proven medical and public health models, and community development principles and practice.

Meg will be talking about what crusted scabies is, preventative measures and what OneDisease is doing to try and eliminate crusted scabies as a public health concern by 2022. OneDiseases overall strategy is to enhance crusted scabies control by combining expertise in disease-specific areas with surveillance, education, capacity

Hear from a panel of rural and remote nurses and midwives who are at different stages of their careers and find out about their experience in their transition to rural and remote work, in webinar #2 in NT PHN’s Rural & Remote Nursing & Midwifery Webinar series. Featuring CRANAplus’ Michelle Mason.